yesterday (wednesday, july 23) was one uncomfortable day for most of the people living in jubail. power failure devoured a huge part of the city bringing down most of the manufacturing plants in the industrial area. thick, dark smokes billowing from flares of numerous in
dustrial plants turned the clouds dark despite the sweltering afternoon sun.
engineers in the plant where i work said it was just a power dip caused by tripping of one or two substations of the government-owned electric company. according to them, this is most likely caused by a very high usage of electricity that breached the maximum capacity of the substations. i remember seeing the same chaos back in the late 90’s when the entire metro manila went dark. it was also summer and i heard the same reasoning.
over here, it is not surprising considering that mid-day temperatures are now reaching 50 deg or more. i can only assume that in one typical household, all air conditioning units will be working full blast to combat the heat. thus causing overloads on the power grids.
luckily, our company wasn’t affected by the power outage. i had to work over time in the comforts of my air conditioned office while my colleagues who went home early had to sit out the searing heat worsened by some unforgiving humidity. there’s nowhere to go coz even the shops and the tiny shopping mall we have had no power.
i had the same harrowing experience last sunday when my 5-year old a/c unit gave up on me. and the two hours i waited for the delivery of my new unit was simply unbearable. it’s the kind of heat that almost strangles you, purges your body with all the fluids it can secrete and can snap the life out of you if you have some heart condition.
that is why i am short of being awed by people working in the open areas directly exposed to the fierce heat of the sun. they must have super-efficient body systems to be able to work
8 or 10 hours in that condition. i don’t think i can last even one full hour if i had to. i am now one of those whose definition of work doesn’t necessarily include perspiration.
so for the families of our kababayans working in the middle east as laborers, pipe fitters, masons and every other menial jobs, one plea from me. be appreciative of the money your husbands, fathers, brothers and uncles are sending. coz that money is literally from their blood, sweat and tears. appreciate it, value it. coz that is money earned just a few steps away from hell.
dustrial plants turned the clouds dark despite the sweltering afternoon sun.engineers in the plant where i work said it was just a power dip caused by tripping of one or two substations of the government-owned electric company. according to them, this is most likely caused by a very high usage of electricity that breached the maximum capacity of the substations. i remember seeing the same chaos back in the late 90’s when the entire metro manila went dark. it was also summer and i heard the same reasoning.
over here, it is not surprising considering that mid-day temperatures are now reaching 50 deg or more. i can only assume that in one typical household, all air conditioning units will be working full blast to combat the heat. thus causing overloads on the power grids.
luckily, our company wasn’t affected by the power outage. i had to work over time in the comforts of my air conditioned office while my colleagues who went home early had to sit out the searing heat worsened by some unforgiving humidity. there’s nowhere to go coz even the shops and the tiny shopping mall we have had no power.
i had the same harrowing experience last sunday when my 5-year old a/c unit gave up on me. and the two hours i waited for the delivery of my new unit was simply unbearable. it’s the kind of heat that almost strangles you, purges your body with all the fluids it can secrete and can snap the life out of you if you have some heart condition.
that is why i am short of being awed by people working in the open areas directly exposed to the fierce heat of the sun. they must have super-efficient body systems to be able to work
8 or 10 hours in that condition. i don’t think i can last even one full hour if i had to. i am now one of those whose definition of work doesn’t necessarily include perspiration.so for the families of our kababayans working in the middle east as laborers, pipe fitters, masons and every other menial jobs, one plea from me. be appreciative of the money your husbands, fathers, brothers and uncles are sending. coz that money is literally from their blood, sweat and tears. appreciate it, value it. coz that is money earned just a few steps away from hell.
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